Morality and Case Study
"Case Study: Fetal Abnormality."
Sylvia Hoffman
Grand Canyon University
"Case Study: Fetal Abnormality."
The case study presented is a young immigrant couple striving to better their lives in a country of opportunity. This couple has endured a hard-working life style to begin a new life as a young married couple in their own home. The problem that they encounter is that the young wife discovers she is pregnant, which may have been a joyous surprise to the couple, but an ultrasound revealed that the fetus has an abnormality of the absence of bilateral arm development and a 25% chance that the fetus may have Down syndrome. The dilemma is how the physician and young couple and family have differing beliefs of what it means to be human.
The physician has a modern worldview and has an absolute belief of the facts in regards to science. The physician has no compassion for the fetus that this ultrasound reveals. His belief is that a genetic anomaly of cells was created and termination of fetus would be the best outcome for the family. The physician also is professional and respects the autonomy of his client and feels obligated to tell the truth to his patient when her husband asked for diagnosis not to be revealed.
The young client has the belief that all life is sacred. She is torn between the realities of diagnosis to what her soul is convicting her of. The conviction that she believes that God created us in His image and that all life is sacred. In chapter four of Called to Care states “Let us make humankind in our image, created, nature of God, Authority and Responsibility over the rest of Creation”(Shelly & Miller, 2006, p. 75). The spiritual battle this young lady is faced with believes what the world is telling her the most logical and scientific action to do to having faith and obeying God’s creation.
My personal belief is in the Imago Dei. The bible proclaims in Psalms 139:13-14, “ For you formed my inward parts, you knitted me together in my
Sylvia Hoffman
Grand Canyon University
"Case Study: Fetal Abnormality."
The case study presented is a young immigrant couple striving to better their lives in a country of opportunity. This couple has endured a hard-working life style to begin a new life as a young married couple in their own home. The problem that they encounter is that the young wife discovers she is pregnant, which may have been a joyous surprise to the couple, but an ultrasound revealed that the fetus has an abnormality of the absence of bilateral arm development and a 25% chance that the fetus may have Down syndrome. The dilemma is how the physician and young couple and family have differing beliefs of what it means to be human.
The physician has a modern worldview and has an absolute belief of the facts in regards to science. The physician has no compassion for the fetus that this ultrasound reveals. His belief is that a genetic anomaly of cells was created and termination of fetus would be the best outcome for the family. The physician also is professional and respects the autonomy of his client and feels obligated to tell the truth to his patient when her husband asked for diagnosis not to be revealed.
The young client has the belief that all life is sacred. She is torn between the realities of diagnosis to what her soul is convicting her of. The conviction that she believes that God created us in His image and that all life is sacred. In chapter four of Called to Care states “Let us make humankind in our image, created, nature of God, Authority and Responsibility over the rest of Creation”(Shelly & Miller, 2006, p. 75). The spiritual battle this young lady is faced with believes what the world is telling her the most logical and scientific action to do to having faith and obeying God’s creation.
My personal belief is in the Imago Dei. The bible proclaims in Psalms 139:13-14, “ For you formed my inward parts, you knitted me together in my